00:00For the Dutch Manchester United's new man Stam, Arsenal's Overmars and Hasselbank of Leeds all in.
00:05Belgium including 37-year-old Frank van der Elst in their midfield and Luke Nillis.
00:09He'll be with Bobby Robson at PSV Eindhoven next season.
00:12It's Holland in the blue then, watched by Peter Drury.
00:28Seedorf with the corner.
00:34Comes back to the ball! Chance!
00:38It seemed easier for Hasselbank to score.
00:46When Will De Boer fired the ball back in, it seemed that De Wilder had no chance.
00:52But Hasselbank had every chance and it all came to Nour.
01:02Fly back for Koku.
01:05Challenges from Starlins.
01:16And Koku was sent flying.
01:21It's Frank de Moor!
01:25A very, very respectable effort from the skipper.
01:31Few true left feet in football.
01:44Boffin calling for it and getting it.
01:48Winter blocking his path.
01:49Boffin's cross.
01:50Oliveira!
01:51And then Wilmot!
01:56It's taken until the last 90 seconds of the first half for Belgium to get into gear.
02:03And when they did, Wilmot's having just had a flick.
02:09Couldn't get the contact he really needed.
02:15To get past Van der Saar.
02:21Oliveira!
02:22Winter's tackle.
02:29Walkleman's now to bend his back and throw long.
02:34Wilmot's in there again.
02:40And he's run a corner.
02:43And those are Belgian voices now.
02:52Lillis with the corner.
02:57Now would head up from Philippe Clermont.
03:02He was always struggling for balance and direction.
03:13Frank de Moor reading well.
03:23Winter.
03:28And again, Aaron Winter.
03:30Hasselbank.
03:33Hasselbank shots.
03:35De Wilder's legs.
03:37The shot from Winter and saved again by De Wilder.
03:43Much, much more life about the game now.
03:46Good strength from Hasselbank and good strength of shot.
03:50Winter's follow-up was clean.
03:53And De Wilder did well to smother.
03:56Newman.
03:57Much battling to retain possession.
04:00Over Mars.
04:01Away from De Flandre.
04:02If he can keep it in.
04:03He could, but then.
04:05Clivert lost his footing.
04:07The Dutch nonetheless win a corner.
04:12De Boer's corner.
04:14De Wilder has come.
04:14He's in trouble.
04:15Hair off the line.
04:18By De Flandre.
04:23De Wilder in terrible trouble.
04:37Oliveira.
04:39Niles.
04:41Luke Niles.
04:42Oh, terrific effort.
04:47This is the man whose goals against the Republic of Ireland
04:50in the qualifying playoff took Belgium through.
04:59Zenon with a chance to take on the full-back for the first time.
05:03Having got past De Flandre,
05:05he came face-to-face with Starlands.
05:08Very exciting prospect, this young fella.
05:11Coventry wanted him.
05:12He's gone instead to Barcelona.
05:16Gets it back from Clivert.
05:17Zenon's cross.
05:18Oh!
05:19And again Zenon.
05:20Now Bergkamp!
05:34Bergkamp!
05:36Oh!
05:36Another chance.
05:42Newman.
05:48Fear of Wilmots, but not Starlands.
05:53Ronald de Boer.
05:59Yapstam.
06:00Decent try.
06:08That right boot has some leather.
06:13Wimjolk.
06:14Oh, nearly stood him over Mars.
06:18Trived is still battling for it.
06:20But he's massively outnumbered.
06:24Wilmots.
06:29In terms of moving down the neck of Yapstam.
06:35It's quite evident that Holland feel this is the game...
06:39for them to win.
06:46Meanwhile, off the ball...
06:49the referee's attention is being brought to an incident
06:53which caused Lorenzo Starlands to go down.
06:57His red card is out.
06:59And he is showing it
07:00to Patrick Klivat.
07:04And the gesture from the linesman was clear
07:08that an elbow
07:11was up-raised.
07:15Ah.
07:18Well, he raised his arm.
07:22But not to the head of Starlands.
07:28Bergkamp is hauled down by Philippe Camor.
07:41It's de Boer.
07:42Oh, it's a good save too.
07:48Not for the first time on the night.
07:49Frank de Boer has given his left boot
07:51the chance to establish a lead for Holland.
07:55Off the line.
07:56Off the line.
08:01The Flandre again, the hero.
08:04Zenden.
08:10Yapstam in there with the
08:13latest effort.
08:18Well, it's hard to view a contest
08:20that promised so much in
08:21anything other than
08:22a disappointing light on two counts.
08:26One in footballing terms
08:27though Bergkamp enrivened it late
08:29and Holland picked it up
08:30in the second half.
08:32It didn't quite live up to billing.
08:35But two,
08:35and this is one of the major
08:37talking points of the World Cup to date.
08:39The late dismissal of Patrick Klivat
08:41was controversial at best.
08:44And at worst,
08:46a downright bad decision
08:47by Pierluigi Colina,
08:52the Italian referee.
08:54The final score,
08:55Holland nil,
08:56Belgium nil.
08:57Is it eligible?
09:00Okay.
09:00office the first
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